Kitchen-rack.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. B. L. BAILEY. KITOHEN RACK. APPLICATION TILED0UT.22, 1907.

mma BWZMZ flad y BERTIE L. BAILEY, OF GRESSTON, GEORGIA.

KITCHEN-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

TPatented May 19, 1908.

Application filed October 22, 1907. Serial H0. 398,688.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTIE L. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gresston, in the county of Dodge and State of Georgia,haveinvented new and useful 11 provements in Kitchen-Racks, of which theollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to kitchen racks, the

I object of the invention being to'provide a other articles and beincheap and convenient rack for use in kitchens, the same being adaptedfor the support of spoons, forks, dish cloths and various furtherespecially ada ted for drying dish 0 oths and the like.

' ith the above and other objects in view,

, the invention consists in the novel construcrec several lengths ofwire of suitable gage are bent and twisted together so as to form whencompleted a series of horizontal bars 1, 2, 3 and 4, and another seriesof vertical bars 5, 6, 7 and 8, and in this connection, it is to benoted that the number of horizontal and vertical bars may be increasedor diminished to satisfy the taste of the manufacturer. The

top bar is provided at one or morepoints ties by the top and withsuspending eyes or hooks 9 by means of which the rack as a whole may behun on a wall, partition or similar sup ort.. T e remaining horizontalbars are ashioned into hooks 10 adapted for the support of spoons,forks, dish cloths and the like. Qn account of thesehooks beinginterposedbetween the vertical bars any strain on the hooks will bedistributed by means of the vertical and horizontal bars to differentparts of the rack;

In the manufacture of t e main body of the rack, the vertical end wires5 and 8 are connected at their u per and lower extremiottom horizontalwires as clearly shown in Fig. 1 and also by the central intermediatewire 3. The other intermediate vertical wires are then connected withthe top and bottom and central intermediate horizontal wires after whichthe other intermediate horizontal wires 2 and 4 are connected with allof the vertical wires. The horizontal wires are wrapped around thevertical wires andmade up of sections, the adjoinin ends of which aretwisted together to form looks at the same time producing a tension onboth the horizontal and vertical wires and thereby making a strong andpractically indestructible rack frame.

In connection with one or both and bars of the rack, I employ one ormore pivoted and foldin arms 10 having upturned extremities or hoo s 11u on which cloths may be mounted to be dried. On each of the pivoted andfolding drier arms 10 is mounted one or more clothes ins 12, each ofwhich is formed as shown in ig. 3 of a single len th of wire,

the middle ortion of which is fas ioned into the sha e 0 the letter E toform a clamp wire are coiledaround the body of the drier arm 10 so as toanchor the clothes in securely thereto while adapting said clot es pinto be turned upon said arm to bring the clamping portion of .the clothesin either above or below or to either side 0 the drier arm, as may bedesired. By thus fastening the wet cloths u on thedrier arms they areprevented from being blown away. When the arms 10 are not in use, theymay be folded closely against the body of the rack for transportation orstorage.

The arms 10 are of a size adapting them to be swung inward into thespaces or openings between the meshes of the vertical and horizontalwires. so that when said arms 10 are folded inward they are containedwithin the plane of the rack and are entirely out of the way so as notto interfere with suspending various articles-on the hooks 10. Llkewise,the clothes pins 12 which are journaled on the drier arms 10 are adaptedto be swung into the plane of the arms so'that when the arms are foldedinwardly said pins will lie in the plane of the body of the rack. Thus,

for hol ing the cloth while the ends of the,

folded into the openings adjacent thereto, they will not interfere withhanging articles on the hooks 10.

Havin thus fully described the invention, what is c aimed as new is Arack for the purpose set forth embody- 1 ing a frame comprising verticalend wires, top and bottom and intermediate horizontal Wires-connectingthe end wires and each composed of sections, the adjoining ends of whlohare twisted together to form hooks, interfileturned so es to lie in theopening? or openings diate vertical Wires connecting the horizontal andWithin the plane of the rack.

Wires and leaving 0 enings between the ver- In testimony whereof Iefifix my signature tical and horizonta Wires, one or more drier inpresence of two Witnesses.

'erms journaled on the vertical end Wires and BERTIE L. BAILEY. adapted.to fold into the adjacent opening Witnesses:

or openings, and one or more clothes pins MATTIE M. HARRELL,

journaled on each arm and adapted to be AMANDA LORD.

